hoiden

Example Sentences

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May was a promising girl, "almost a hoiden," the neighbors said.

From Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness by Carroll, Robert S.

Her curls, with their romp and fun, Were hoiden as wind and sun.

From Myth and Romance Being a Book of Verses by Cawein, Madison Julius

It was not so long since the princess had been a hoiden among them, abounding in the life which rushes to extravagant action.

From The Chase of Saint-Castin and Other Stories of the French in the New World by Catherwood, Mary Hartwell

Well, I suppose I must endure that also; an aristocratic lecture on the one hand, and the uncouth affections of a hoiden on the other.

From The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One by Carleton, William

Little Madge is a friend of Nelly's,—a mischievous, blue-eyed hoiden.

From Dream Life A Fable Of The Seasons by Mitchell, Donald Grant